General Knowledge and Current Affairs: Maharashtra Plus the Wider World
The General Knowledge and Current Affairs section of the MAH B.Ed CET is objective and broad rather than deep: static facts plus events from roughly the twelve months before the paper. Expect a clear tilt towards Maharashtra.
What is actually asked
- Maharashtra-specific history and culture: districts and headquarters, forts, Warkari saints (Dnyaneshwar, Tukaram, Namdev), social reformers - Jyotiba Phule, Savitribai Phule, Shahu Maharaj, Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar - and the Samyukta Maharashtra movement.
- Indian polity: fundamental rights, Directive Principles, Schedules, panchayati raj, constitutional bodies.
- Geography, economy, science, environment, awards, sports.
- Landmark education documents, since the paper also probes teaching awareness: Kothari Commission (1964-66), NPE 1986, RTE Act 2009, NEP 2020.
Worked example
Who founded the Satyashodhak Samaj? The Samaj was established in Pune in 1873 by Jyotiba Phule to attack caste hierarchy and ritualism. Savitribai Phule worked alongside him but did not found it, and Shahu Maharaj launched a later Satyashodhak Samaj in 1911. Answer: Jyotiba Phule, 1873.
Traps that cost marks
- Founder vs co-worker vs later revival, as above.
- Confusing the year of an event with the year of its first commemoration.
- Central schemes with near-identical names, or a scheme's old and new titles.
- Reading current affairs beyond the cut-off date stated in the information brochure.